intenter

/\ɛ̃.tɑ̃.te\/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#36,005

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

intenter is aFrenchverb. It means: Diriger contre quelqu’un un procès, une accusation. Il n’est usité que dans ces phrases, Pronounced \ɛ̃.tɑ̃.te\. Often confused with invente and inventer.

Key facts for intenter
PropertyValue
Headwordintenter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛ̃.tɑ̃.te\
Letters8
Frequency rank#36,005
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of intenter in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for intenter is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛ̃.tɑ̃.te\. Corpus data places it at rank #36,005 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Diriger contre quelqu’un un procès, une accusation. Il n’est usité que dans ces phrases,".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for intenter, with forms such as "inetnter", "inntenter", and "intenetr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "invente", "inventer", "inventée", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is intenter, spelled I-N-T-E-N-T-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Diriger contre quelqu’un un procès, une accusation. Il n’est usité que dans ces phrases,

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: inetnter,inntenter,intenetr,intennter,intenterr,intentre,intentter,intetner,intneter,inttenter,itnenter,nitenter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for intenter

Misspelling Variants of "intenter"

inetnter8inntenter9intenetr8intennter9intenterr9intentre8intentter9intetner8
Misspelling Variants of "intenter"

Frequency rank: #36,005 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "intenter"?
"intenter" is spelled I-N-T-E-N-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.tɑ̃.te\.
What does "intenter" mean?
As a verb, "intenter" means: Diriger contre quelqu’un un procès, une accusation. Il n’est usité que dans ces phrases,
What words are commonly confused with "intenter"?
"intenter" is commonly confused with "invente", "inventer", "inventée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "intenter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "intenter" is \ɛ̃.tɑ̃.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "intenter" come from?
"intenter" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.